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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldneweng View Post
    I also like the artistic carving you did on the side of that log Bob.

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    I wish I could do that - If I could there would be $$$ in it.

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    Here is the start of the coloured rubber going on.

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    Weather and other factors have delayed the start of the next playground but I went past the Tortoise park today and got these couple of pics.
    The rubber back has been completed so you can see what they look like.
    I also like the way that the bark has turned green after a lot of rain but within weeks it will turn red and then fall off.
    I was raining and I only had my mobile phone camera so sorry about the quality of the photos.

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    I started milling the logs for the next playground today.

    Apart from one log which has to have handholds/steps cut on it the other 6 logs just need to be flat topped so kids can walk on them, nothing difficult. It's just fun to use the BIL mill again and make a bit of sawdust.

    Here is the general location where I am milling at the tree loppers yard.
    There are 3 Spotties, 2 Jarrah and 2 WA Red Gums to work on
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    The grain on this spotty was quite nice.
    Way too good for playground timber IMHO.
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    This one reminded me of the aliens on "Close encounters of the 3rd kind"
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    I finished the Riverton Bridge Park Children's playground logs today.
    All up there were 3 Spotties, 3 Jarrah and 2 WA Red Gums.

    One of the Jarrah's was 5 m long but only about 400 mm in diameter so I fitting up the 441 with the lopro chain and it sure cuts fast, easily as fast at the 880 does in the same size log. This is good demonstration of how a small saw can be optimised to cut faster in small logs.

    This bigger Jarrah is being placed on an angle of the ground so I had to cut handholds in it for the kids to climb it.
    Personally I think hand holds are a soft option but I just do as I'm told.
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    Interesting build going on there Bob

    Would've thought that the turtles' necks/arms would've been incorporated into the mound rather than left with a gap. Apart from not looking right, it doesn't appear too child friendly for those that might fall?
    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Acco View Post
    Interesting build going on there Bob

    Would've thought that the turtles' necks/arms would've been incorporated into the mound rather than left with a gap. Apart from not looking right, it doesn't appear too child friendly for those that might fall?
    I agree with you, BUT I worked according to the specifications laid out by the landscape architect.
    It looks a bit odd on the photos but it looks a bit better in the flesh.

    The architect specifically wanted gaps between the body parts and and number of other playground objects (e.g. the flying fox) have many small risk aspects associated with them.
    It seems the pendulum has started to swing the other way in play ground design whereby some low risk based activities are now deemed appropriate to extend and challenge kids rather than constantly wrapping them up in cotton wool.

    Interestingly I was hearing about this "new approach" to playground design on ABC talkback radio while I was building this stuff.

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    I started another nature play project today.
    The first lot of jobs involved flat topping a bunch of 3-4m long logs (nothing special about that) and then cutting steps in 4 logs.

    The steps look semi-random but they are cut to the Landscape architects specs.
    There were two spotted gums, a Jarrah and a Swamp Gum.
    The Jarrah was old and dry, and although I had the breeze behind me I had no breathing mask with and the sawdust got up my nose and two hours later it' still running.
    Usually I wear my Triton full face air mask to cut this sort of stuff, hopefully I'l remember next time

    Every time I cut a Jarrah I think of my Dad who used to come home from felling covered in red sawdust.
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    About 7 years ago I did the chainsaw carving for and participated in the installation of these 3 giant tortoises.
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    A couple of days ago we took out 2 year old grand daughter to see and play on them.
    The sand has since been covered with a thick layer of wood chips and the wooden bits have all gone grey and wrinkly - kinda tortoise like - but they still looked kinda cool.
    She didn't really understand that I had helped make them but it was still fun to watch her just being a kid on them.

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    Bob

    I can only imagine the pride you felt seeing the fruits of that labour benefitting your own grandchild. It was clearly a very worthy project from more than one point of view.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    Bob

    I can only imagine the pride you felt seeing the fruits of that labour benefitting your own grandchild. It was clearly a very worthy project from more than one point of view.

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    Cheers Paul. I never envisaged that would be the case. Kind of the same for my sons cot. 7 nieces/nephews/grandies and a great niece have used it. It's been restored once in that time. I'm really supposed it has lasted that long as it was a somewhat "light" build.

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    Some fantastic work Bob and very pleased to read of your recovery.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post

    ....It seems the pendulum has started to swing the other way in play ground design whereby some low risk based activities are now deemed appropriate to extend and challenge kids rather than constantly wrapping them up in cotton wool.....
    That seems a good idea to me, us oldies had to make our own fun that many modern parents would find horrifying.

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